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D. A. SWANEY.

PUTTING UP BLANKETS.

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DAVID A. SWANEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, AS SIGNOR TO HlMSELF AND NORTH WEST, OF SAME PLACE.

eurrme UP BLANKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,540, dated January 17, 1882.

Application filed November 30, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID A. SWANEY, of Pittsburg, in the conntyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Putting up Blankets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Heretofore woolen blankets have been put up forpacking, transportation, and sale by folding and then rolling them up into a tight roll, which was then covered by a sheetof paper secured by tightly-drawn twine. In this form it was exposed at the ends to dust and liable to become soiled by contact with other objects and by handling, the nap was liable to be rubbed off, and free access was given to moths. The latter has been a very common cause of loss to manufacturers and dealers. Other objections have been the difficulty of packing the blankets when and the rubbing ofthe nap and creasing caused by the many folds necessary to be given the blanket, and by the tightly-drawn string.

1 have discovered that if blankets are put up in a tightly-closed strong paper bag they are perfectly protected from the entrance of moths, and that such a bag can bemade in such form as to reduce the folding and handling to a minimum, and be most perfectly adapted for packing in cases for transportation, and atthe same time be in a most attractive and salable form for the shelves of the retail shop. The complete inclosure of the blanket will protect it also from soiling, dust, and rubbing in handling. The same kind of bags are very useful in packing the blankets and similar bedding of a household away during the warmer weather, and will supply a want long felt in domestic life.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe it by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a double blanket. Fig. 2 shows it folded longitudinally, or the first fold. Fig. 3 shows it folded laterally, or the second fold. Fig. 4 shows the second lougitudinal or third fold. Fig. 5 shows the third longitudinal or final fold. Fig. 6 is a view of 50 the bag-blank. Fig. 7 is a view of the ba Fig.

put up in this form for transportation and sale,

8 is a view of the bottom of the bag. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of the incased blanket, and Fig. 10 is a view of a package of blankets. The dotted lines in Figs. 1,2, and 3 indicate the lines of fold.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts. Usually blankets are made in pairs. Such a blanket is shown at a, Fig. 1.

The paper bag is shown at b, Fig. 7. It is made ofa sheet, 0, of strong smooth paper, such as Manila paper, of good body and finish, by forming it over a pattern of the size and shape of the folded blanket it is intended to hold. The edges 0 are overlapped and pasted together, and then the bottom 0 is folded together and pasted tightly, so as to close it perfectly. So made the bag is shown at Fig. 6, and it is a long sack, wide in one direction and narrow in the other. The dimensions of bag commonly used by me for the double blanket a of the size known as (125-) twelve-quarter are: length, forty-five inches; long diameter, twenty-five inches; short diameter, two and a half inches. The blanket a is first folded longitudinally,

as in Fig. 2, on the line at m; then laterally, as

in Fig. 3, on the line 3) y,- then longitudinally,

as in Fig. 4, on the line z z,- and, finally, longitudinally, as in Fig. 5, on the line z z. It is then inserted into the bag I; and the open end securely and perfectly pasted up, completely 8o inclosing the blanket, so that moths and dirt can find no entrance. Thus incased the blanket is protected from the ravages of moths, soiling, abrasion, and is in better form for packing for transportation, and in a more attractive and salable form for exhibiting on the shelves of the retail store than heretofore, and the use of the string is no longer necessary. In Fig. 9 the advantage in packing and transportation is shown. A package, cl, of suitable shape is provided, and the incased blanket parcels e are stood side by side. Any one can be drawn out orinserted at pleasure and with ease and quickness. The size and character of the blankets can be marked or labeled on the end of the packages. The plan of folding described is desirable on account ofits few folds and the little handling required to make it. For domestic use this way of putting up blankets and similar articles of bedding is very useful, as it pro- I00 tects them from moths, dirt, and, wear, and texture, closely sealed orpasted,substantially gives them a convenient and easy form for as and for the purposes specified. l0

packing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my What I claim as my invention, and desire to hand this 22d (lay of November, A. D. 1881. 5 secure by Letters Patent, is- DAVID A. SWANEY.

The herein-described method of putting up W'itnesses: blankets and similar articles, consisting of en- 'lHos. B. KERR, veloping them in a casing of paper of strong NORTH YVEST. 

